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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Renewable projects can experience delays due to the country’s antiquated (and slow) system of connecting to the grid, as well as other reasons like permitting and transmission constraints. And fossil fuel power plants may not stick to their retirement schedules for a variety of reasons. A bit more on those reasons later.

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Wildfires, Floods & Heat Waves: Brought to You By Big Oil

Enviromental Defense

In British Columbia, millions of residents and commercial customers were asked to conserve precious drinking water. Fossil Fuel Companies are to Blame It’s clear that global warming is bringing hotter and drier weather. And over 75 per cent of greenhouse gas pollution comes from producing and burning fossil fuels.

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Carrots and Sticks for Utilities

Legal Planet

A big shift to renewables could leave stranded assets — existing fossil fuel plants that the utility will no longer get paid for using. That doesn’t seem to be politically feasible at the national level, at present. Another possibility would be to provide less favorable tax treatment for fossil fuel plants.

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Environmental Law Again Front-and-Center at California Supreme Court

Legal Planet

That statute authorizes the state’s oil and gas supervisor–rebranded in recent years as the Department of Conservation’s more benign-sounding Geologic Energy Management Division–to permit drilling of new oil and gas wells and to use fracking technology in the operation of existing wells.

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Climate Reality vs. Public Perception: Will Toxic Haze and the 2023 Danger Season Make a Difference?

Union of Concerned Scientists

That means they are a conservative estimate of how much extreme weather costs the United States each year.” Disinformation dulls urgency Climate change denial and skepticism is a key feature of the deep political divide in this nation, fueled by long-running and coordinated campaigns of disinformation , often funded by fossil fuel interests.

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Advancing Ocean Climate Action at COP27

Ocean Conservancy

I was joined by Ocean Conservancy colleagues working to advance ocean-climate action. In order to reduce emissions, we must phase out fossil fuels—oil, coal and gas—and move towards renewable energy and less plastic and petrochemical production since these products, so dangerous as ocean pollutants, are made from oil.

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68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Applications For College Scholarship Program [PaEN] -- MCall: Can Dogs Be Used To Combat Spotted Lanternfly?